Ron Gourlay

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

hey sherlock,i'm not advocating fifa12 on here.

Are you sure?

/CareerMode

[osgoodisgod 150]

We miss Wilkins and Clarke more than we will ever know for this as well as many other things.

Many star players have howlers of first or second seasons, even when they are bought as established stars. Torres was never a bad buy as he was World class and proved it. He took his time settling in to say the least but he may be coming on to it.

Conversely you can ruin a good player by buying him and not playing him, paying him a fortune then have him put it up his nose. I think the trick is buying quality and using it and/or bring on AND playing quality youth. We don't want another Bosnich or watch another Jody Morris freefall to the lower ranks of the SPL - just my thoughts..

[rolling in the blue 26]

Obviously depending on what the transfer fee would be for Hulk, why would you think he would not be a good signing out of interest sake?

because he may not fit into the plans of a new manager

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

erm,about to be...Hulk.and don't tell me Lukaku wasn't overpriced

It was either 13 million for Lukaku this summer or loose out.... orwait a few years until hes like what 30 + million at least.

[rolling in the blue 26]

Are you sure?

/CareerMode

like someone rightly mentioned before in this thread:you have killed off this thread

[lecter 84]

Lets say the board's job is to run the club like a business. They are failing at that as well! The most significant complaint I have of the board is the pricing of the transfers! The incoming players seem so inflated and the outgoing players, of the same or much more caliber, are given away for peanuts. They seem so indifferent just because we have Roman to pump in the money.

And, if their job is to just run the business called CFC, why do they (clearly) poke their nose in the footballing aspects at the club?

[rolling in the blue 26]

It was either 13 million for Lukaku this summer or loose out.... orwait a few years until hes like what 30 + million at least.

18m i've heard.could have been handled better by loaning out or actually giving out a decent run.

[Matterz 67]

because he may not fit into the plans of a new manager

Fair enough, I still think its nothing more than just a rumor at this stage

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

18m i've heard.could have been handled better by loaning out or actually giving out a decent run.

Its only 18 million after he makes a certain amount of appearances and scores a certain amount of goals. Yes the price tag seems a lot but hes going to be at Chelsea for most of his career hopefully.

[Matterz 67]

Lets say the board's job is to run the club like a business. They are failing at that as well! The most significant complaint I have of the board is the pricing of the transfers! The incoming players seem so inflated and the outgoing players, of the same or much more caliber, are given away for peanuts. They seem so indifferent just because we have Roman to pump in the money.

And, if their job is to just run the business called CFC, why do they (clearly) poke their nose in the footballing aspects at the club?

This is the most ridiculous post I've seen! How are they failing at running the club? Football is the core of the business that is CFC so of course they will be involved. Chelsea is constantly looking to improve their squad which is why we spend more on bringing players in than letting players go. We have constantly attracted world class players with European and International experience and still people complain, it really does make me sick!

[Matterz 67]

18m i've heard.could have been handled better by loaning out or actually giving out a decent run.

FIFA laws prevented us from loaning Lukaku out this season I'm afraid, you can't play for more than two clubs in one season! I still think he will be a great success.

[rolling in the blue 26]

Its only 18 million after he makes a certain amount of appearances and scores a certain amount of goals. Yes the price tag seems a lot but hes going to be at Chelsea for most of his career hopefully.

needs to be loaned out like sturridge was.and to a side that will actually play him,unlike josh

[rolling in the blue 26]

FIFA laws prevented us from loaning Lukaku out this season I'm afraid, you can't play for more than two clubs in one season! I still think he will be a great success.

didn't know that.still,could have been bought before august

[Duppy Conqueror 1,526]

i can`t be too critical of what he does because i`m not sure exactly what he does and doesn't. he does seem to be a bit of a "Yes man" to me ,which isn't something that i like but maybe if i was on his salary or my boss had the same kind of contacts Roman has been rumoured to have i would leave my balls at home too.

[lecter 84]

This is the most ridiculous post I've seen! How are they failing at running the club? Football is the core of the business that is CFC so of course they will be involved. Chelsea is constantly looking to improve their squad which is why we spend more on bringing players in than letting players go. We have constantly attracted world class players with European and International experience and still people complain, it really does make me sick!

So you are defending the board being involved in matters of picking the squad and pressuring the manager to pick a particular player? Does that not contradict another of their jobs, to pick an efficient, self-sufficient, decisive and a sensible managerial team?!

And about the transfers, I never said we should earn more than we spend as far as the transfers are concerned. Any big club like ours will be daft to stick to that policy. All I meant was if they find the inflated prices reasonable, then why can't they put similar price tags on players going out?! Is that not important when you are running a business?

And attracting world class players is because of the spending power and not solely based on the efficiency of the board.